Drill-shoe.



F. K ERIANw DRILL SHOE.

APPLICATION IILED MAR. 5, 1912.

Patented Dec.17,1912.-

nwswron [$102k jz erz'azz ATTORNEYS UNITEDSTATESPATENT OFFICE,

' L FRANK KERIAN, or GRAFTON, NORTH, DAKOTA.

r DRILL-SHOE.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, FRANK KERIAN, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of Grafton, in the countyotWalshand State of North Dakota, have invented a new and ImprovedDrill-Shoe,ofwhichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.My invention relates to drill shoes, and it'has for its objectto provideone havingan elongated bottom, and a seed spout secured to the body withits bottom bent for directing the seed under the flared portion of theshoe. The seed spout is open at its rear end and closed at its frontend, to prevent its being clogged with dirt.

Additional objects of the invention will appear in the followingcomplete specification in which the preferred form of the invention isdisclosed.

In the drawings similar characters of ref- I erence indicatecorresponding parts in all the views, in which Figure l is a sideelevation of the drill and seed spout; Fig. 2 is a sectional View on theline 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a rear view of the drill, and a portion ofthe seed spout;

, and Fig. 4 is a rear elevation in section of seen that the shoe orfurrow opener 5 is the drill and seed spout By referringto the drawingsit will be straight and elongated, so that it may be convenientlysharpened, the sides of the shoe being smooth to preventthe dirt frombecoming clogged thereto. The front of the shoe has transverse orifices6, by which it may be conveniently secured to any machine.

- The bottom of the rear of the shoeis bent to one side, forming theflare 7. The rseed spout 8 is secured to theshoe 5 at the other side,and above, the flare 7. This seed spout extends below the horizontalplane at the top of the flare 7, and the bottom of its outer side 9 isbent inwardly to form a flange 10, for directing the seed below theflare 7 of the shoe. The front portion 11 at the bottom of the seedspout 8 is closed to prevent the dirt from entering the seed spout,while the rear portion 12 at the bottom of the seed spout 8 is open, topermit the escape of any dirt which may find its I way into the seedspout from the opening 13 in its bottom, which permits the seeds whichfall through the seed spout to pass laterally in the direction of andunder the flared portion 7 of the shoe'5.

body with its rear flared at'thel Inusing the invention a number ofthese Specification of Il'iettersTatent. I Patented Dec. 1'7, 1912. iApplicationfiled March 5, 1912'. s r l No. 68 1,72 1. ;p A

shoes ,are provided, and they are mounted' on, a machine with theirflared portions 7 disposed in opposite directions, sothat the machinewill not be forced laterallypby the pressure against the flaredportion's of the shoes. As the machineis operated the shoe 5 will cutthe ground, and the flared portion 7 of the shoe will raise theground-so that the seed which is conveyed by the seed spoutwill bedirected by the flange 10 under the flared portion ,7 of the shoe' Afterthe seed has been directed by the flange 10under the flared portion 7 ofthe shoe, the seed will be covered as the earth will fallto fill'theopenings made in the ground after the shoe has passed along,

supports the earth above the seed.

Having thus described my invention I and the flare no longer claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A drill shoe having a flare extending outwardly at one side foropening the ground and supporting the dirt while the seed is beingplanted, and a tubular'seed spout secured to the other side of the drillshoe, with its bottom tom of; the drill shoe, the bottom of the seedspout being opened at the side next the drillshoe with-its other sidebent, substanspaced from the bottially at the horizontalplane at the topof a I the flare ,to, form a flange for'directing the a seed under thedrill shoe.

2. A drill shoe having a flare extending outwardly atone side foropening. the

ground and supporting the dirt while the seed is being planted, and atubularseed spout having an opening in its bot-tom at one of its sides,and with the bottom of its other side bent in the direction of its firstmentionedside, the'rebeingtwo alined slots in the seed spout at thefirst-mentioned side, in which the drill shoe above the flare extends,so that the bent side of-thetubular seed spout which is spaced from thebottom of the drill. and is disposed substantially at the horizontalplane at the top of the flare of the "drill shoe will direct the seedunder the top of the drill'shoe flare.

3. A drill shoe having a flare for opening the ground, a seed spoutsecured to the shoe and extending below the horizontal plane at the topof the flare, and with its bottom spaced .from the bottom ofthe drillshoe,

and aflange on the seed spout disposed substantially atthe horizontalplane at the top of the drill shoe flare for directing the seed underthe flared portion of the drill shoe.

4. A drill shoe having a flare at the bottom of its rear end, a seedspout secured to the shoe above the flare and extending below thehorizontal plane at the top of the flare and spaced from the bottom ofthe said shoe, the seed spout having an opening in its rear to preventthe passages in the seed spout from becoming clogged, and a flange onthe seed spout for 5. A drill shoe having a flare for opening andextending below the horizontal plane dlrecting the seed under the flaredportion of the drill shoe.

at the top of the flare, there being an opening in the side of the seedspout in the direction of the flare which is continued rearwardly,stantially at the horizontal plane at the top of the flare for directingthe seed under the flared portion of the drill shoe.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK KERIAN.

Witnesses FRANK J. KERIAN, JAMES S. CASEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. 0.

and a flange on the seed spout sub-

